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Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2023

  • James Suckling
    97 Points
  • Vinous
    96 Points
Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2023
  • James Suckling
    97 Points
  • Vinous
    96 Points
Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2023
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Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2023

SKU: JJHA202310 UCAU
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Prüm is one of the finest estates in the Mosel. Founded by Johann Josef Prüm in 1911, the winery rapidly built a reputation for its racy, pure expressions of Riesling.

97 Points, James Suckling

Bright and delicate bouquet with very fine slate aromas and very fine but fully ripe and even concentrated apricot aromas, clean palate, with a concentrated, even slightly jammy apricot fruit core but a firm yet filigreed structure, this is an intense, very elegant and savoury.

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Joh Jos Prum Graacher Himmelreich Riesling Auslese 2023

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Tasting Notes

Graacher Himmelreich directly borders the southern edge of the Wehlener Sonnenuhr vineyard. The wines from this site often rival the quality of those from its more famous neighbour, especially in hot, dry years. Graacher wines attract with their racy acidity, a pronounced minerality (that reminds of crushed rock) and slightly different fruit aromas and flavors (more citrus). Often, the wines become accessible slightly earlier than the Wehlener Sonnenuhr and are deliciously mouth-watering when young.

Critic Scores

I love the mint and chamomile freshness that pulls you into this juicy and concentrated wine and also make it very filigreed on the medium-bodied palate. Incredible precision and subtlety in the super-long finish. Try to be patient, because this is a marathon runner. Drinkable now, but best from 2026.

The 2023 Riesling Graacher Himmelreich Auslese, made virtually without botrytis from fully ripe grapes, offers a shy tone of stone and yeast. The palate features Mirabelle jelly with lovely overtones of lemon balm and fern, wonderfully cut by freshness with a pithy, zesty edge of lime and mainly pale lemon. The finish resembles lemon and yellow plum sorbet, exquisitely fresh and palate-cleansing, yet with exquisite sweetness. Incredibly fine, slender and so balanced.

Vinification & Cultivation

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Vineyard Cultivation

Prum's Graacher Himmelreich vineyard occupies the Mosel's distinctive steeply south-westerly-facing slate slopes, where Riesling thrives in this iconic terroir renowned for aromatic precision. The slate soils retain and radiate heat throughout the growing season, extending ripening time and promoting both aromatic ripeness and noble rot development even in cooler years. The vineyard sits between 300 and 500 metres elevation on terraced slopes requiring intensive hand-cultivation and harvest practices. The 2023 vintage began cool before moderately warming through summer; 2024 delivered an early, warm growing season favouring sugar accumulation and concentrated flavour development. Prum maintains low-yield viticulture, hand-harvesting in multiple selective passes to assess ripeness and noble rot presence.

Vinification

Both Auslese (2023, 2024) and Kabinett (2023) ferment in stainless steel at controlled cool temperatures (8–12°C), preserving aromatic volatility and developing residual sweetness through arrested fermentation with native yeasts. Indigenous yeasts conduct slow fermentation over several months, building complexity and fine acidity balance throughout the fermentation. Lees contact remains minimal to retain aromatic clarity and primary fruit character. Prum bottles the wines without fining or filtration, preserving mineral tension, aromatic precision, and volatile compounds. The 2023 and 2024 selections reflect vintage character: cool 2023 emphasising bright citrus and mineral notes; warmer 2024 showing deeper stone fruit and tropical notes.

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